I love shortcuts – basically anything that help increase productivity. If you are like me, and need to connect to many different servers and or remote terminals, this one is for you. Before when I SSH’d I would open Terminal and type ssh user@host.com then enter the password at the prompt. Now I just type sshmt and it logs me into my MediaTemple server. Here is how I got it to work…

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That will open an SSH tunnel from the local server to the remote server. Then it will initiate the transfer of the files fr you. This saves a nice bit of time, since you are not FTP’ing down and back up to the other location.

Optional Arguments

-p Preserves the modification and access times, as well as the permissions of the source-file in the destination-file-q Do not display the progress bar-r Recursive, so it copies the contents of the source-file (directory in this case) recursively-v Displays debugging messages

Matt is an Internet Specialist for a multinational franchise. Matt has lived and worked in Hawaii, Chicago, South Florida and currently resides outside of Atlanta. He enjoys his hobbies including: Fountain Pens, Wetshaving, Clocks, Antiques & Coffee. He even roasts his own coffee weekly.